Industry News

Web Update

Express Ordering and Delivery Aeroflex/Weinschel and its exclusive North American distributor, Sickles Distribution Sales, announce the launch of their new on-line Express ordering and delivery web site, www.sicklesonline.com . This web site includes access to the company’s broad range of in-stock inventory of RF, wireless and microwave components including...
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New Products

Signal Analysis Platform The MXA signal analysis platform provides measurement speeds that can be 30 to 300 percent faster than other analyzers. This enables dramatic improvement in throughput and yields in manufacturing. This platform provides high performance in a midrange analyzer that enables engineers to solve design challenges for...
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New Literature

Product Data Sheet This data sheet provides detailed information on the company’s precision load pull system, the AU2000 series. This system provides digitally-controlled, precision electronic and mechanical tuner-based large signal characterization of semiconductor devices for the RF, microwave and millimeter-wave industry. Auriga Measurement Systems LLC, Lowell, MA (978) 441-1117,...
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The Book End

Wireless Communications Andreas F. Molisch John Wiley & Sons Ltd. • 668 pages; $75 ISBN: 0-470-84888-X This book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for practicing engineers and researchers. Readers are assumed to have an understanding of elementary communication theory, like modulation/demodulation as well...
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Link Microtek Appointed by Narda Satellite Networks

During EuMW, Link Microtek , an RF and microwave specialist, was appointed as exclusive representative in the UK and Ireland for Narda Satellite Networks , part of L-3 Communications Corp. With its business focused primarily on the military and commercial satellite communications markets, Narda Satellite Networks manufactures high-quality subsystems...
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Flexible Enhancement Films for RFID Solutions

With passive RFID tags there is a significant limitation in application in proximity of a metal. The reduced performance is due to the shift of resonance frequency and the reduction of inductive coupling. Common solutions are application of thick spacer or use of active RFID tags. However, the problem...
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Vector Fields Introduces ConcertoES™

Vector Fields Ltd. , a provider of electromagnetic engineering software, has introduced a new variant of Concerto™, its advanced RF and microwave design software. ConcertoES™ offers 3d Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) analysis at a fraction of the cost of the full version, but with no compromise to performance...
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Gore Introduces New Online Configuration Tool

W.L. Gore & Associates has extended online capabilities building on the success of last year's launch of the cable configurator. Available now from Gore is the new GORE™ Microwave/RF Assembly Builder, an online interactive design guide that provides simple step-by-step instructions for configuring GORE microwave/RF cable assemblies. Gore's new...
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